As other reviewers have noted, this is a predictable drama about the spoiled, dissolute son of a rich and powerful politician. Although it was filmed live and allowances have to be made for that, it's still marred by poor performances (especially by the unknown Sally Hester, who only has, according to the IMDb, three credits in her entire career, all of them in early television) and trite writing. Robert Sterling looks the part of a rich playboy but was never really much of an actor, as he proves here. He comes to life somewhat in the courtroom-scene finale, but it's too little too late. Veteran stage and film actor Stanley Ridges, as the father, noticeably flubs his lines on several occasions, as do other actors, and the camera-work is shaky at times. On the other hand, the young and radiant Anne Bancroft--billed as Ann Marno--lights up the screen in the few scenes she's in before she gets killed off, and Eva Marie Saint has a brief and unbilled part as a member of Sterling's entourage. Director Franklin Schaffner tries a few flashy directorial touches--noticeably one where he shoots Ridges through a pair of eyeglasses conveniently held in front of him by another character--but they don't really come off. The ending is somewhat ludicrous and the entire production--at least in the print I watched--had major problems with sound, but even if it hadn't, there really isn't all that much worth listening to in the first place. "Studio One" has a well deserved reputation for having presented some of the finest examples of TV's "Golden Era", but this show definitely isn't one of them.